Churn.



PATENTED NOV. 29,

B. R. BRYAN.

v CHURN. APPLICATION FILED D30. 14. 1903.

I0 XODEL.

Wihwauo UNITED STATES Patented November 29, 1904.

BENJAMIN R. BRYAN, OF ELBA, ALABAMA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,383, dated November29, 1904.

Application filed December 14,1903. .serieise. 185.058. (Ho modal.)

.To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN R. BRYAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elba, county of Coffee, and State of Alabama, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Churns, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to churns; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangcment of its parts, as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide a churn with horizontal rotarydashers to cooperate with upwardly-extending blades to keep the contentsof the churn moving in vertical courses. so that the said contents willbe churned and worked evenly.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view ofthe churn. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the upper dasher. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the same. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the lowerdasher. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the same, and Fig. 6 is a topplan view of the base-plate provided with adjustable upwardly-extendingblades.

The horizontal shaft 1 is journaled in the frame 2 and is provided atone end with the crank-handle. The bevel gear-wheel 4 is fixed to theshaft 1 at an intermediate point thereof. The framework 2 is providedwith a crosspiece 5,- in which is journaled the upper end -of thevertical shaft 6, the upper end of said shaft being provided with abevel-pinion 7, which meshes with a bevel gear-wheel 4. The bearing 8 isprovided with a hinged member,

which may be opened for the purpose of detaching the shaft 6 from thecross-piece 5. The churn 8 is adapted to rest upon the lower portion ofthe frame 2, and the plate 9 rests upon the bottom of the churn 8. Thelower end of the shaft 6 rests in the center of the plate 9. The saidshaft 6 passes through the center of the churn-top 10 and is providedwith the upper dasher 11 and the lower dasher 12, each of which is ofspecial construction and will bchercinafter explained. Y The blades 13are attached to the upper face of the plate 9. Said blades are adaptedto be adjusted radially with relation to the said plate 9, the saidblades being preferably made of sheet metal.

Each of the said blades consists of the horizontal portion 14, providedwith an elongated slot 15. The Suli'SCX'8\V 16 passes through said slot,and the portion 14 is bound to the plate 9 by the thumb-nut 17, screwedupon the upper end of the set-screw 16. At the outer end of thehorizontal portion 14 the said blade is bent up into the portion 18, thelongitudinal axis of which extends at an angle to the longitudinal axisof the shaft 6 and the transverse axis of which extends at an angle tothe transverse axis of the plate 9.

The dashers 11 and 12 are each provided with a sleeve 19 and set-screw20, by means ofwhich the said dashers may be adjusted along theshaft 6and secured in any desire position thereon. The dasher 11 is providedwith the curved blades 21, which extend down from the top of the saiddasher in substantially conical form. The blades extend uniformly from apoint near the center of the dasher-top to the edge thereof, where thesaid blades are bent back, as at 22. A dasher 12 is provided with theblades 23, which extend down vertically from the top of the said ter ofthe top thereof to the edge of the top, where they are bent back, as at24. The

lower edges of the blades 23 are curved, as at -dashei: and extend froma point near the cen- The operation of the churn is as follows? Theparts being arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the shaft 1 is rotated, which,through the gearwheel 4 and pinion 7, transmits rotary motion to theshaft 6. The blades of the lower dasher 12 are so cogstructed that thecream is thrown in horizontal directions against the blades 18, whichhave a tendency to prevent the cream from following a circular pathalong the inner side of the churn, but divert the said cream upward. Theblades of the dasher 11 are so constructed that the cream is forcedtoward the bottom of the churn. contents of the churn is thoroughly andevenly agitated.

Consequently the Having thus described my invention, what horizontallyconsisting of a top haviiig down- I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters wardly-extending blades, the lower edges of Patent, iswhichare curved, said blades extending reg- 1. In a churn having a means forforcing ularly from a point near the center of the top 5 the contentsthereof upward, a horizontal roto the edge thereof. having backwardlyex-2 tating dasher adapted to force the contents tending portions, withedges extending at an downward consisting of a top having on its angleto the vertical axis of the dasher and a under side a series of bladesextending downmeans for directing the contents of the churn wardly insubstantially conical form, said upward. IO blades extending regularlyfrom a point near In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 25 thecenter of the top to the edge thereof and the presence of two witnesses.having backwardly-extending portions. BENJAMIN R. BRYAN.

2. In a churn having a means for forcing I the contents thereofdownward, a horizontal 5 rotating dasher adapted to direct the contentsWitnesses:

J. D. LEE, J. B. LIGHTNER.

